2 Cash - Shaoxi Yuanbao, Regular script, Tong, iron

€1.00
IssuerEmpire of China
Year1190-1194
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Cash
CurrencyCash (621-1912)
CompositionIron
Weight
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound with a square hole
Cast
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Hartill#17.352
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read clockwise (in Regular script).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 紹 寶 熙  元
(Translation: Shao Xi Yuan Bao Shaoxi (era of Guangzong, 1190-1194) / Original currency)
Reverse descriptionOne Chinese ideogram above.
Reverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering
(Translation: Tong Tong`an (mint))
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Tong`an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou,modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214)
MintageND (1190-1194)  - -
Catalog ID3493200030
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